From: ELN/begreat [begreat@earthlink.net]
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 7:22 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Docket 00N-1396 & Docket 00D-1598
March 24, 2001
Food and Drug Administration Email: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Docket 00N-1396 & Docket 00D-1598 Subject Line:
Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305) "Docket 00N-1396
5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061 & Docket 00D-1598"
Rockville, MD 20852
Dear FDA Dockets Management Folks,
I am very concerned about the lack of regulation for genetically-engineered
foods and food products.
I am urging that you :
1) must require regulation for these foods and food
Products, starting with mandatory pre-market comprehensive
environmental review. Unlike conventional pollutants, where a
given amount of pollutant causes a limited amount of damage, in
these foods and food products, a small number of mutant genes could have a
population explosion and reproduce forever, causing
unlimited and irreparable damage.
2) must require mandatory pre-market long-term health testing.
Genetically-engineered products could be toxic, cause allergic
responses,have lower nutritional value, and compromise immune
responses in consumers.
3) must require mandatory labeling of GE products. Without
mandatory labeling, neither consumers nor health professionals
will know if an allergic or toxic reaction was the result of a genetically
engineered food. Consumers would be deprived of the critical knowledge
needed to hold food producers liable should any of these novel products be
hazardous.
4) must end its cozy relationship with the industries
it purports to be regulating.
Thank you for moving forward with this proactive protection of
the health of the citizens of our country. Let us not wait until
people get sick and/or die before we do what we know is right and
good for the health of our nation.
Sincerely, with urgency,
Barbara Goodman
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Barbara Goodman
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